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Sharon Pardo

Sharon Pardo is a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) and a professor of European Studies and International Relations in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Sports offers one of the largest existing networks on which to build.
Disagreements between governmental leaders are becoming confrontations between countries.
Bring strangers into the same room. Feed them. Give them a reason to talk.
Low-cost flying is becoming less low-cost, while regional instability has made air links to Europe increasingly fragile.
Criticism of Israeli policies in the Nordic island nation has at times expanded into campaigns for Israel’s economic and cultural isolation.
Reducing engagement with Brussels does not diminish the union’s influence. It merely limits Israel’s opportunities to influence decisions before they are taken.
The Central European country is entering a new era, when meaningful opportunities exist to strengthen relations after some difficult years.
It is a national event, something close to a civic ritual. And in cultural terms, it offers a way of belonging to a larger endeavor.
The result is a narrowing of the intellectual environment itself—a loss of the friction and plurality on which serious inquiry depends.
For those holding an Israeli passport, the airports of Berlin and Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels are not neutral transit zones.
When a bookseller highlights one work, places it beside others or decides not to stock it at all, the store quietly steers the intellectual journey of its visitors.
The rift did not appear overnight. It reflects a combination of ideological politics, domestic pressures and geopolitical positioning.